One Million B.C.
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One Million B.C. is a 1940 prehistoric adventure film best known for its dramatic depiction of caveman life and early special-effects creature sequences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| One Million B.C. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5916640 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: One Million B.C. Context triple: [Victor Mature, notableWork, One Million B.C.]
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A.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (film)
The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1986 prehistoric adventure drama film, based on Jean M. Auel’s novel, that follows an orphaned Cro-Magnon girl raised by a Neanderthal tribe.
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B.
Land of Giants
Land of Giants is a folk music album by The New Christy Minstrels that showcases the group’s signature 1960s choral folk style and storytelling songs.
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C.
The Coming Race
The Coming Race is an 1871 science fiction novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that depicts a technologically and psychically advanced subterranean civilization, and is often cited as an early influence on later speculative and occult literature.
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D.
The Valley of Gwangi
The Valley of Gwangi is a 1969 fantasy Western film featuring cowboys who encounter prehistoric creatures, renowned for its stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen.
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E.
The Lost World
The Lost World is a pioneering 1925 silent adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking stop-motion dinosaur effects created by special effects artist Willis H. O’Brien.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: One Million B.C. Target entity description: One Million B.C. is a 1940 prehistoric adventure film best known for its dramatic depiction of caveman life and early special-effects creature sequences.
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A.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (film)
The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1986 prehistoric adventure drama film, based on Jean M. Auel’s novel, that follows an orphaned Cro-Magnon girl raised by a Neanderthal tribe.
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B.
Land of Giants
Land of Giants is a folk music album by The New Christy Minstrels that showcases the group’s signature 1960s choral folk style and storytelling songs.
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C.
The Coming Race
The Coming Race is an 1871 science fiction novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that depicts a technologically and psychically advanced subterranean civilization, and is often cited as an early influence on later speculative and occult literature.
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D.
The Valley of Gwangi
The Valley of Gwangi is a 1969 fantasy Western film featuring cowboys who encounter prehistoric creatures, renowned for its stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen.
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E.
The Lost World
The Lost World is a pioneering 1925 silent adventure film renowned for its groundbreaking stop-motion dinosaur effects created by special effects artist Willis H. O’Brien.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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prehistoric adventure film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomination |
Best Original Score
ⓘ
Best Special Effects ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Mickell Novack ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Loana
NERFINISHED
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Tumak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Norbert Brodine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director |
Hal Roach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hal Roach Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ray Snyder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| genre |
adventure film
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fantasy film ⓘ prehistoric film ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | SEE savage man battle terrifying monsters of the prehistoric age ⓘ |
| hasRemake | One Million Years B.C. (1966 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Werner R. Heymann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Conrad Nagel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic depiction of caveman life
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early special-effects creature sequences ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | fictionalized prehistoric human tribes ⓘ |
| producer | Hal Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-06-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
George Baker
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Frickert NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickell Novack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | prehistoric era ⓘ |
| specialEffectsSupervisor | Roy Seawright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Carole Landis
NERFINISHED
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Conrad Nagel NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hubbard NERFINISHED ⓘ Lon Chaney Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Mature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | One Million B.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | live animals with makeup as dinosaurs ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
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